One would think that a basic understanding of The Lord of the Rings would be taught in journalism school -- especially for future sports writers -- but such is apparently not the case. The New York Times corrected their statement that a bat was named after the sword used by Bilbo Baggins. Well, good for them owning up to such an embarrassingly obvious mistake.

The players on Jeopardy's Celebrity Tournaments who do the absolute worst are the TV journalists. I know many of these people have degrees, but their lack of knowledge of history, literature, geography and foreign countries absolutely amazes me.